authenticity

English

Etymology

authentic +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

(US, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ɑθɛnˈtɪsɪti/, /ɑθənˈtɪsɪti/, [ɑθɛnˈtɪsɪɾi], [ɑθənˈtɪsɪɾi]

Noun

authenticity (usually uncountable, plural authenticities)

The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.
I hereby certify the authenticity of this copy.
Truthfulness of origins, attributions, commitments, sincerity, and intentions.
The authenticity of this painting is questionable.
(obsolete) The quality of being authentic (of established authority).

Synonyms

(quality of being genuine): genuineness

Antonyms

(quality of not being genuine): phoniness; forgery; fakeness; bogosity

Related terms

Translations

the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original

Asturian: autenticidá f
Bulgarian: автентичност (bg) f (avtentíchnost), достоверност (bg) (dostovernost)
Catalan: autenticitat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 本真性
Danish: autenticitet (da) c
Esperanto: aŭtentikeco (eo)
Finnish: aitous (fi), oikeellisuus (fi), autenttisuus (fi)
French: authenticité (fr) f
Galician: autenticidade (gl) f
German: Authentizität (de) f

Irish: barántúlacht f, fíordheimhneacht f, údaracht f
Italian: autenticità (it) f
Latvian: īstums m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: autentisitet m

Nynorsk: autentisitet m
Portuguese: autenticidade (pt) f
Russian: по́длинность (ru) f (pódlinnostʹ), достове́рность (ru) f (dostovérnostʹ), аутенти́чность (ru) f (autɛntíčnostʹ)
Spanish: autenticidad (es) f
Swedish: autenticitet (sv)

truthfulness of origins

Danish: ægthed c
Finnish: aitous (fi)

Irish: barántúlacht f, fíordheimhneacht f, údaracht f

See also

authenticity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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